by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, History of Psychotherapy, Psychology
In the history of psychology, there are the “safe” names—Freud, Skinner, Piaget—whose theories form the bedrock of modern textbooks. Then, there are the outliers. These are the thinkers who ventured so far to the edge of the map that they fell off: James...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 5, 2025 | Christian Mysticism in Therapy, History of Psychotherapy, Psychology
What are our psychological blindspots in mass and individual psychology? “Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow. We are all like the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there.” – The Great...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jan 15, 2025 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
The Competing Elements of Human Consciousness Introduction The quest to create artificial consciousness has long captured the human imagination. From the golems of Jewish folklore to the robots of modern science fiction, we have dreamed of breathing mental life into...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 5, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Psychology of Buildings and Architecture, Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
I. Introduction: The Invention of the Interior Standing before the Dolmen de Menga in Antequera, Spain, one is not merely looking at a tomb; one is witnessing the birth of the human psyche as a spatial construct. When Neolithic humans moved 180-ton stones to create an...
